US Mint Sales: Lowell Quarters and 5 Oz. Coin Debut

The latest round of U.S. Mint sales figures offer early results for the new collector coins depicting Massachusetts’ Lowell National Historical Park.

A CoinNews photo showing two rolls of Lowell quarters and a 5-ounce uncirculated Lowell silver coin

Released last week on Monday, Feb. 4, the Lowell quarter is the first of five issues for 2019. Available products include rolls and bags of quarters from Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco with mint marks of ‘P’, ‘D’ and ‘S’.

The number sold through Sunday combined to 1,724,020 quarters. For comparisons, early sales of quarter designs released since 2017 reached:

1,845,480 for the 2018 Block Island quarter (Rhode Island)

1,780,100 for the 2018 Cumberland Island quarter (Georgia)

1,767,560 for the 2018 Voyageurs quarter (Minnesota)

1,849,140 for the 2018 Apostle Islands quarter (Wisconsin)

1,835,280 for the 2018 Pictured Rocks quarter (Michigan)

1,907,680 for the 2017 George Rogers Clark quarter (Indiana)

1,902,180 for the 2017 Ellis Island quarter (New Jersey)

1,887,900 for the 2017 Ozark Riverways quarter (Missouri)

2,009,180 for the 2017 Frederick Douglas quarter (DC)

1,890,460 for the 2017 Effigy Mounts quarter (Iowa)

The U.S. Mint’s newest 5-ounce collectible was its best individual weekly seller. Sharing the same designs as the Lowell quarter, the 3-inch silver coin launched last Thursday, Feb. 7, and posted four-day starting sales of 12,734 pieces. Other recent 5-ounce issues opened with:

13,501 coins for the 2018 Block Island 5 oz. (Rhode Island) over four days

12,980 coins for the 2018 Cumberland Island 5 oz. (Georgia) over four days

12,985 coins for the 2018 Voyageurs 5 oz. (Minnesota) over four days

13,954 coins for the 2018 Apostle Islands 5 oz. (Wisconsin) over three days

13,952 coins for the 2018 Pictured Rocks 5 oz. (Michigan) over three days

14,612 coins for the 2017 George Rogers Clark 5 oz. (Indiana) over four days

14,642 coins for the 2017 Ellis Island 5 oz. (New Jersey) over six days

13,740 coins for the 2017 Ozark Riverways 5 oz. (Missouri) over six days

By itself, the half dollar set climbed another 9,770 units and it’s currently unavailable. The set has its own product limit of 100,000 and 94.1% of them have now sold.

Weekly U.S. Mint Top Sellers

Here’s a listing of the U.S. Mint’s most popular products for the week ended Feb. 10:

2019-P Lowell Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin (+12,734)

2019-S Proof Apollo 11 Half Dollar Set (+9,770 to 94,119)

2019-P Proof Apollo 11 Silver Dollar (+8,217 to 125,578)

2018-P, D & S Lowell Quarters Three-Roll Set (+5,924)

2018-P&D Lowell Quarters Two-Roll Set (+5,269)

2018-S Proof American Innovation Dollar (+4,174 to 157,100)

2018-S Lowell Quarters Roll (+2,143)

2019-S Proof Apollo 11 Half Dollar (+2,082 to 40,391)

2018-S Lowell 100-Coin Bag (+2,028)

2019-P Uncirculated Apollo 11 Silver Dollar (+2,025 to 45,276)

2019-D Uncirculated Apollo 11 Half Dollar (+1,559 to 28,924)

2018-P Lowell 100-Coin Bag (+1,528)

2018-D Lowell 100-Coin Bag (+1,503)

2019 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set (+1,327 to 42,470)

2019 Thomas Jefferson Presidential Silver Medal (+1,194 to 7,469)

In its latest report, the U.S. Mint published sales data for 105 numismatic products. Sixty products outperformed their prior weekly gains against 43 previously. Not counting the new Lowell quarters and coin, 9 products increased by more than 1,000 units against 12 in the previous report.

Apollo sale down & they got alot of RETURNS the Mint really f;d up the whole Apollo11 thing…..I cancelled my 5 coin Pucks regardless……never, never will make $ on it unless AG hits $40!

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sam tweedy

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One hell of a good insect looking mess. Mike Mezack will sell a lot of this junk..Repeat Repeat Repeat.

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1 month ago

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Ozzie

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At 94,119 The Apollo 11 Half Dollar Set is currently unavailable.

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J Peter

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I received the Lowell 5oz PUC the other day and I understand why it isn’t burning up the coin world.
Pretty Ho-Hum coin, sadly. I have the entire series so far, so I’m all in to the end, but some of these designs just don’t do it.
The Apollo commemoratives’ sure seems like a fiasco. Who ever was responsible for having (coins on hand,) blew this one.

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Ozzie

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The Apollo 11 Half Dollar Set is Sold Out!

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bobby p

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i dont remember when i started collecting Kennedy half’s. 3 new ones a year for years. i would have to go count how many different coins. i have had to buy over the past 3 years. to keep my set complete??. will this coin set ever end.

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21 days ago

US Mint Sales Report Sources

The US Mint provides CoinNews.netweekly sales figures for its collector coin products. It is these reports that are used as the source for our articles on the subject. The bureau on its website also publishes updated bullion coin sales every weekday. These US Mint sales are presented in our daily gold articles.